Double Indemnity
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME - James M. Cain, virtuoso of the roman noir, gives us a tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful story in Double Indemnity, an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. Walter Huff was an insurance salesman with an unfailing instinct for clients who might be in trouble, and his instinct led him to Phyllis Nirdlinger. Phyllis wanted to buy an accident policy on her husband. Then she wanted her husband to have an accident. Walter wanted Phyllis. To get her, he would arrange the perfect murder and betray everything he had ever lived for.
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"Double Indemnity" is such a quick read, but manages to pack a powerful punch, and goes down smooth. I've loved the film for years, so it's no surprise that I enjoyed the novel just as much. Cain's prose is simple, to the point, making for an easy read. Altogether, "Double Indemnity" is a fun and quick read that anyone interested in crime novels needs to check out.
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